Editing Cree Summer (section)

===Music ===
Summer recorded the theme song for [[OWL/TV]] in 1985. In 1990, she sang background vocals on two tracks for fellow ''A Different World'' cast member [[Jasmine Guy]], appearing on the album [[Jasmine Guy (album)|''Jasmine Guy'']]. In 1993, she recorded an unreleased album (as lead singer) with her band Subject to Change.  In 1999, Summer released a solo album, ''[[Street Faërie]]'', produced by and featuring [[Lenny Kravitz]].

A number of Summer's portrayed characters (animated or otherwise) are singers. The character of Susie in ''All Grown Up!'' was portrayed as a singer with real talent, allowing Summer to sing in the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm |title=Inside The "All Grown Up" Series |publisher=Rugratonline.com |date=September 26, 2002 |access-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217223036/http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}</ref> Summer sings the opening theme song for ''[[All Grown Up!]]''. The character of Foxxy Love in ''[[Drawn Together]]'' was a singer, with songs like "La-La-La-La-Labia" and "Crashy Smashy", [[Numbuh 5]] from ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' sang a lullaby to lull babies to sleep. [[List of Tiny Toon Adventures characters#Elmyra Duff|Elmyra Duff]] sang many times on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''. She co-performed lead vocals in the song "Cool Kitty" with [[Tara Strong]], which accompanied a cartoon called ''[[Class of 3000]]'', directed and written for [[Cartoon Network]] by [[André 3000]]. She provided the voice of a recurring [[pomegranate]] singer in ''[[The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange]]'', who usually sang during montage sequences. Her character Priscilla on ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]'' sings many times, as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laurenmccullough.com/women-in-vo-cree-summer/|title=Women in VO: Cree Summer|first=Lauren|last=McCullough|date=January 24, 2021 |accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

In 2008, Summer appeared on ''[[The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle]]'', performing a cover of Zappa's song "[[Over-Nite Sensation|Dirty Love]]" with [[Dweezil Zappa]] on guitar and backup vocals by [[Ahmet Zappa]], produced by [[Linda Perry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickmag.net/2019/06/30/throwback-cree-summer-miss-moon/|title=Throwback: Cree Summer - Miss Moon|publisher=Kick Mag|date=2019-06-30|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

Summer's musical influences include [[Frank Zappa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/03/cree-summer/|title=Cree Summer|website=Chicago Tribune |date=March 3, 1991 |access-date=May 6, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043201/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-03-03/features/9101200190_1_range-rover-tofu-favorite-childhood-memory|archive-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=MTV/> [[Al Green]]<ref name=MTV/> and [[Dinah Washington]].<ref name=MTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/|title=Cree Summer|website=mtv.com|access-date=May 6, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043520/http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/|archive-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>